Workers in Manufacturing, by sex

Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	313	28
Textiles & clothing	1,763	1,571
Wood & paper	213	14
Chemicals	11	1
Low tech	516	3
High tech.	240	2
Other	144	33

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	350	41
Textiles & clothing	1,506	2,650
Wood & paper	301	183
Chemicals	54	4
Low tech	458	11
High tech.	229	1
Other	119	11

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	296	38
Textiles & clothing	1,056	1,598
Wood & paper	258	158
Chemicals	28	1
Low tech	343	5
High tech.	205	1
Other	249	63

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	310	99
Textiles & clothing	483	1,068
Wood & paper	123	40
Chemicals	37	6
Low tech	357	11
High tech.	335	1
Other	263	33

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	557	125
Textiles & clothing	800	712
Wood & paper	422	109
Chemicals	59	93
Low tech	140	2
High tech.	300	6
Other	256	35

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	685	218
Textiles & clothing	968	731
Wood & paper	628	153
Chemicals	60	77
Low tech	158	10
High tech.	386	25
Other	88	11

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	406	61
Textiles & clothing	380	192
Wood & paper	322	22
Chemicals	77	25
Low tech	323	51
High tech.	819	85
Other	142	23

Date:	Source:
1841	1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 17 , 'Occupations of Males aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 18 , 'Occupations of Females aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 - 1991	Census of Population
1971	1971 Census of England and Wales, Economic activity County Leaflets, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex', for 'County, county boroughs, urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, conurbation centres'

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